Daily Scripture Analysis

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Fourth Sunday – Year A – Easter   Readings: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Pet 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10.   1/ Reading I: RSV Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words; says, 36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 37 Now when they heard this … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saint Mark – the Evangelist – April 25th Readings: 1 Pet 5:5b-14; Mk 16:15-20 Reading 1 (1 Pet 5:5b-14) Beloved: Clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble. So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you. Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Friday – Third Week – Easter Readings: Acts 9:1-20; Jn 6:52-59. Reading 1 (Acts 9:1-20): Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Third Week – Easter Readings: Acts 8:26-40; Jn 6:44-51. Reading 1 (Acts 8:26-40): The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, “Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route.” So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, that is, the queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home. Seated in his chariot, he was reading … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Wednesday – Third Week – Easter   Readings: Acts 8:1-8; Jn 6:35-40. 1/ Reading I: NAU Acts 8:1 Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. 3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them … Read more

Please press the hightlighted to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Third Week – Easter Readings: Acts 7:51-8:1a; Jn 6:30-35. Reading 1 (Acts 7:51-8:1a): Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. You received the law as transmitted by angels, but you did not observe it.” When they … Read more